List of protected areas of Gujarat

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The [[Gujarat]] state of western [[India]] has four [[National Park]]s and twenty-three [[Wildlife refuge|wildlife sanctuaries]] which are managed by the Forest Department of the [[Government of Gujarat]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Gujarat Forest Department |url=http://gujaratforest.gov.in/index.htm |access-date=30 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410044805/http://gujaratforest.gov.in/index.htm |archive-date=10 April 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://forests.gujarat.gov.in/wildlife-sanctuaries.htm|title=Wildlife Sanctuaries {{!}} Principal Chief Conservator of Forest & Head of the Forest Force (HoFF)|website=forests.gujarat.gov.in|access-date=2019-01-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-05-07|title=Protected Area Gazette Notification Database (Gujarat)|url=http://www.wiienvis.nic.in/Database/Gujarat_7821.aspx|access-date=2020-09-15|website=ENVIS Centre on Wildlife & Protected Areas, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun}}</ref>

==National Parks==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Name of [[National Park]] !! Area km2 !! [[Districts of Gujarat|District]] !! Major wildlife supported
!Notified
|-
|[[Gir Forest National Park]] || 258.71 || [[Junagadh District|Junagadh]] || [[Asiatic lion]], [[leopard]], [[chausingha]], [[spotted deer]], [[hyena]], [[sambar deer]], [[chinkara]]
|1965
|-
|[[Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar]] || 34.53 ||[[Bhavnagar District|Bhavnagar]] || [[Blackbuck]], [[fox]], [[Macqueen's bustard]], [[lesser florican]]
|1976
|-
|[[Vansda National Park]] || 23.99 || [[Navsari District|Navsari]]|| Leopard, hyena, deer, chausingha
|1979
|-
|[[Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch]] || 162.89 ||[[Jamnagar district|Jamnagar]], [[Devbhumi Dwarka district|Devbhumi Dwarka]]|| [[Sponge]]s, [[coral]]s, [[jelly fish]], [[seahorse]], [[octopus]], [[pearl oyster]], [[starfish]], [[lobster]], [[dolphin]]
|1982
|}
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==Wildlife sanctuaries==
The wildlife sanctuaries are listed in descending order of area.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Name of [[Sanctuary]] !! Area km2 !! District !! Major wildlife supported
!Notified
|-
|[[Kutch Desert Wildlife Sanctuary]] || 7506.22 || [[Kutch]] || Chinkara, hyena, fox, flamingo, pelicans and other waterfowl and herpetofauna
|1968

|-
|[[Wild Ass Wildlife Sanctuary|Wild Ass Sanctuary]] || 4953.70 || [[Kutch District|Kutch]] || [[Chinkara]], [[nilgai]], blackbuck, [[onager]](wild ass) [[wolf]], fox, Macqueen's bustard, waterfowl, herpetofauna
|1973
|-
|[[Gir Forest National Park|Gir Wildlife Sanctuary & National Parks]] || 1213.42 || [[Junagadh District|Junagadh]], [[Gir Somnath district|Gir Somnath]], [[Amreli district|Amreli]]|| Lion, leopard, chausinga, chital, hyena, sambar, chinkara, herpetofauna, crocodiles and birds
|1965
|-
|[[Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary]] || 607.70 || [[Narmada District|Narmada]] || Sloth bear, leopard, rhesus macaque, chausinga, barking deer, pangolin, herpetofauna, birds including Alexandrian parakeet
|1982
|-
|[[Balaram Ambaji Wildlife Sanctuary]] || 542.08 ||[[Banaskantha]]||Sloth bear, leopard, blue bull, hyena, wolf, wild cat, birds, herpetofauna
|1989
|-
|[[Narayan Sarovar Sanctuary]] || 444.23 || [[Kutch]] || Chinkara, green day, desert cat, hyena, desert fox, jackal, birds, herpetofauna
|1981
|-
|[[Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch|Marine Sanctuary]]|| 295.03 ||[[Jamnagar district|Jamnagar]], [[Devbhumi Dwarka district|Devbhumi Dwarka]], [[Gulf of Kutch]]|| Sponges, corals, jellyfish, sea horse, octopus, oyster, pearl oyster, starfish, dolphin, dugong, waterfowl
|1980
|-
|[[Barda Wildlife Sanctuary]] || 192.31 ||[[Porbandar district|Porbandar]]|| Leopard, blue bull, hyena, wild boar, jackal, birds, herpetofauna
|1979
|-
|[[Jessore Sloth Bear Sanctuary]] || 180.66 || [[Banaskantha District|Banaskantha]] || Sloth bear, leopard, hyena, birds, herpetofauna
|1978
|-
|[[Purna Wildlife Sanctuary]] || 160.84 ||[[Dang District, India|Dangs]] || Leopard, barking deer, macaques, four horned antelope, sambhar, hyena, herpetofauna, birds
|1990
|-
|[[Jambughoda Wildlife Sanctuary]]|| 130.38 || [[Panchmahal District|Panchmahal]] || Sloth bear, leopard, jungle cat, hyena, wolf, four horned antelope, herpetofauna, birds
|1990
|-
|[[Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary]] || 120.82 || [[Ahmedabad District|Ahmedabad]], [[Surendranagar District|Surendranagar]] || Flamingos, pelicans, coot, ducks, waders, storks, herons and other waterfowl, herpetofauna
|1969
|-
|[[Ratanmahal Sloth Bear Sanctuary]]|| 55.65 || [[Dahod District|Dahod]] || Sloth bear, leopard, hyena, jackal, chausinga, civet cat, jungle cat, birds, herpetofauna
|1982
|-
| Pania Wildlife Sanctuary || 39.63 || [[Amreli District|Amreli]] || Lion, chinkara, leopard, chital, hyena, wild boar, four horned antelope, pangolin, blue bull, birds
|1989
|-
| Rampara Wildlife Sanctuary || 15.01 || [[Rajkot District|Morbi]] || Blue bull, chinkara, wolf, fox, jackal, birds, herpetofauna
|1988
|-
|[[Thol Lake|Thol Lake Bird Sanctuary]]|| 6.99 || [[Mehsana District|Mehsana]] || Cranes, geese, flamingos, sarus and about 125 other waterfowl species
|1988
|-
| Hingolgadh Nature Education Sanctuary || 6.54 || [[Rajkot District|Rajkot]] || Chinkara, blue bull, wolf, hyena, fox, birds, herpetofauna
|1980
|-
|[[Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary]]|| 6.05 || [[Jamnagar District|Jamnagar]] || Indian skimmer, ibises, painted stork, cormorants, etc.
About 220 bird species, herpetofauna
|1981
|-
|[[Gaga Wildlife Sanctuary]] || 3.33 ||[[Devbhumi Dwarka district]]
|Great Indian bustard, wolf, jackal, birds, herpetofauna || 1988
|-
|[[Kutch Bustard Sanctuary]] || 2.03 || [[Kutch]] || Great Indian bustard, lesser florican, Macqueen's bustard, chinkara, blue bull, herpetofauna
|1992
|-
|[[Porbandar Bird Sanctuary]] || 0.09 || [[Porbandar District|Porbandar]] || Flamingos, pelicans, spoonbill and various bird spp.
|1988
|-
|[[Mitiyala Wildlife Sanctuary]]
|18.22
|[[Amreli district|Amreli]]
|Lion, Blue bull, Chittal, Chinkara, Panther
|2004
|-
|Girnar Wildlife Sanctuary
|178.87
|[[Junagadh]]
|Lion, leopard, chital, sambar and birds
|2008
|}

==Other protected areas==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Name of [[protected area]] !! Area km2 !! District !! Major wildlife supported
!Notified
|-
|Kachchh Biosphere Reserve
|12454.00
|[[Kutch district|Kutch]]
|Indian wild ass
|2008
|-
|[[Chari-Dhand Wetland Conservation Reserve|Chhari Dhand Conservation Reserve]]
|227.00
|[[Kutch district|Kutch]]
|Wetland birds
|2008
|-
|[[Banni Grasslands Reserve]]
|
|[[Kutch district|Kutch]]
|Wetland birds, Houbara bustard, Chinkara, raptors like Tawny Eagle, Bonnelli's Eagle, Greater Spotted Eagle, Imperial Eagle and Steppe Eagle
|
|-
|}

== See also ==
* [[Arid Forest Research Institute]] cater the forestry research needs of the Arid and semi arid region of Rajasthan, Gujarat & Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman-Diu.

==References==
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{{National Parks of India}}
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